Energy transfer from Tb3+ to Eu3+ ions sorbed on SrTiO3 surface

It is shown that no energy migration between the Tb3+ donor ions occurs. A formalism based on the model of Inokuti-Hirayama is used and allows one to fit the non-exponential Tb3+ fluorescence decay. It is thus possible to evaluate the critical radius (R0) of the influence sphere of the sorbed Tb3+ ions. According to the previous works, two sorption sites are considered for the sorbed rare-earth. The calculated radii are similar to those obtained for other couples of donor-acceptor lanthanide ions reported in the literature.